Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adj] [conj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | must be advantage of getting ready and being prepared for her and |
| 2 | But in a sense , they will stand a better chance of staying open and being appreciated and supported by the public , if in fact they 're going to devote a modicum of their time to explaining to the popular , population as a whole , what they 're doing , why it 's important and why they should carry on doing it . |
| 3 | Packers anxious reassurance that they are all portraits ( relieving us of the potentially dangerous task of distinguishing those that are not ) requires him to identify and locate a sitter or sitters . |
| 4 | Is there any quick way of doing this or is it just just trial by error ? |
| 5 | He caught the eye with a highly encouraging performance despite finishing last but was not seriously considered to be in the same league as the adored ‘ Dessie ’ . |
| 6 | All these methods are calming us down and decreasing adrenalin release , and so accentuate the likelihood of falling asleep that is being promoted by our body clock . |
| 7 | Now comes the hard part of scrapping those that are worthless , and that may be many or all ! |
| 8 | It provided a genuine incentive for the worker to intensify his labour and thus raise his productivity , a guarantee against slacking , an automatic device for reducing the wage-bill in times of depression , as well as a convenient method — by the cutting of piece-rates — to reduce labour costs and to prevent wages from rising higher than was thought necessary or proper . |
| 9 | And how are you ever going to afford to get us away from dripping cat-piss and being on top of each other ? ’ |
| 10 | Good interviewers will try and prevent you from feeling overwhelmed but being outnumbered inevitably creates a certain tension . |
| 11 | Non-emergency portasystemic shunt surgery is effective in preventing rebleeding but is still associated with high perioperative mortality in Child 's grade C patients and postoperative encephalopathy occurs in up to 40% of patients . |
| 12 | I could do little without becoming breathless and was unable to walk far . |
| 13 | In Victorian and post-Victorian times , a woman of forty might settle down to wearing black and being an old lady . |
| 14 | Richard himself spent money on fortifying Poli and was always ready with subsidies to support friends and allies . |